Pin and needle cushion



S. A. A. STENBERG.

PIN AND NEEDLE CUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1919.

Patented 0ct.26,1920.

un ts!) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SVEN AXEZ ALLAN STENBERG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

rm AND NEEDL cnsmoiv.

Application: filed June 19,

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Svniv. AXE ALLA S'rnw JRG, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Los igeles, in the'county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented: av

new and useful Pin and Needle Cushion, of which the following is a specification.

li'ly invention relates to "improvements in cactus-shaped pin 'andneedle cushions, and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a novel and ornamental cactusshaped pin and needle cushion that may be easily and cheaply manufactured and assembled mechanically,and second to provide said cushion with special perforations and apertures in which the pins and needles,+

which in a cushion of this character re semble the spines and. needlesof a cactusplant,-may be conveniently andartistically grouped and affixed." I l I attain these objects by thearrangement and combination of parts hereinafter dcscribedv and claimed, and while the invention i not restricted to theexactdetail's, of conction disclosed or suggested herein, still r the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof, reference is hadto the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and in which' I Figure 1 is a vertical side view. showing one form of my invention complete; Fig. 2, a perspective view of cactus shaped form or mold hereinafter described; Fig. '3, a perspective view of a cactus shaped portion of fabric hereinafter described; Fig. l, a perspective view of a partition hereinafter descr ied; l ig.v a perspective view of a mirrer image of the form shown in Fig. 2; Fig.

6, a perspective sectional detail view of a part of the cushion on the line 1, 1, Fig. 1; and Fig. ,-a side view of a portion of a pin cushion broken oif at its lower end to show more clearly, in the drawing, apertures hereinafter described. 9

Referring to Fig. 2, I show a fiat irregular and cactus shaped standard or form 2, that may be made of any suitable material such as wood, clay, metal, cement or papier mach but that for the purpose of this description may be regarded to be made of thin metal, said form 2 being provided with a plurality of perforations or apertures 3, and also having an inwardly projecting and continuous rim 4 along its outer edges.

A mirror image of the form 2,-slightly molds nently fastened together in this 1919. Serial No. 305,399.

larger,'but in other respects a similar form or mold 5 is shown in Fig. 5.

f In'assemblmg the cushioma cactus shaped portion 6, Fig. 3, of cloth'or other fabric or material, is fitted and glued to the inner'surfaces of each of the 2 and 5, whereafter said shells or molds are filled with a suitable resilient composition or other desiredmaterial, the cloth or fabric 6 preventing'the resilient composition or filling from escaping through the perforations. The cloth or fabric 6, should be of a suitablerough and fuzz like texture on. the surface adjacent to the perforations; tuft like portions ofisaid clothor fabric being pressed through andprotruding through said perforations and thereby, in a degree resembling the fuzz or'growth of the minute spines thatusually grow around the larger spines and needles in 5 a cactus plant ofthe kind whichthis device imitates. For-(the purpose of preventing pins and needles from being accidentally thrust entirely' through the cushion from aperfora- .tionon one side-of the cushion through a perforation on the -opposite side of the cushion, cactus shaped partition 7, Fig. 4. is inserted between the two molds v with their respective filling, whereafter the two forms are placed rim form 2 and partly or entirely overlapping the rim of the mold 2. The two molds incasing the interior filling may be permaposition by means of solder, glue or other medium dependent on the material used in the manufacture of the molds 2 and 5.

Figs. 2 and 5 show the two opposite molds 2 and 5 as having rims & and 4 bent at a sharp angle; whereas Fig. 1 and particularly Fig. 6, show the molds 10 and 11, (inclosing the filling 8, the fabric or inside covering 6,and the partition 7), as having curved rims, and the mold 10, in Fig. 6, as being in addition provided with a small continuous and projecting stop-rim 9, which when employed runs entirely around said form. Either type maybe used as preferred.

The outer surfaces of the :twoforms are colored preferably green to resemble the color of cactus, and in the apertures 3, one,

or any desired number of pins and needles 17, are grouped and affixed, and penetrat 2 and 5 two opposite forms or against rim and V oined in this position, the rim of the form 5 being slightly larger tha'njthe rim of the ing into the incased and resilient interior are held firmly in place.

The cushion may be mounted, or form a part of any desired article such as a sewing 0X, receptacle or novelty, or, as in the drawing, be afiixed to a tray-like lid 12, serving as a cover for the round sewing box 14. The lower ends of the forms 2 and 5 are provided with extensions 13, 13, (Figs. 2 and 5), which may be soldered'or otherwise securely aflixed to the tray 12 after the cushion has been assembled as hereinbefore described.

A solid cactus-shaped core of cement, clay, plaster Paris, or other material may be substituted for the resilient core hereinbefore described, said solid core 15,a portion of which is shown in Fig. 7,-being made, when employed, to fit snugly within the incasing molds. At each perforation of the inclosing molds, the core 15 is punctured correspondingly, to a desired depth and at a desiredangle and the apertures 18 thus formed may be filled with a resilient material such as cork, cloth, fibrous twine, or

other material, glued or otherwise affixed to the interior of the apertures. In Fig. a pencil or tuft of fibrous twine 16,, is shown ready to be inserted, while in the same figure three apertures are :shown with the inserted pencils in place. In the filled apertures 18, pins andneedles 17, representing spines and needles of a cactus, are aifixed and retained, while the resilient filling resembles the minute tuft-like spines or fuzz of .a cactus plant. The solid cactus shaped core 15 iscolored green, preferably, to resemble the color of a cactus plant, and this core may, or may not,as preferred,-be incased in enveloping molds similar to the molds hereinbefore described. \Vhen the solid core 15 is incased in the inclosing molds these latter in time may become scratched and worn in appearance from usage and the inclosing molds may then be removed from the core when the remaining core will serve the purpose of the original pin cushion equally well and, besides, appear new and fresh.

When the solid core 15 is manufactured without the incasing molds, the core may be attached in any desired manner to any useful tray, receptacle or other novel device.

I claim: I

The combination in cactus-shaped pin and needle cushions of two opposite, rigid,'perforated and cactus-shaped molds or shells, said shells or molds assembled snugly together, the twoshells or molds inclosing an interior resilient cactus-shaped filling, pins and needles'arranged to resemble the spines and needles of a cactus plant grouped and affixed in the apertures formed by the perforations, ,the whole aflixed to a useful support, all substantially as set forth and for the purpose specified.

s. A. ALLAN STENBERG. 

